The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Taunton requiring R skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited R over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
Rank |
4 |
- |
- |
Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
Contract jobs citing R |
1 |
0 |
0 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Taunton |
14.29% |
- |
- |
As % of the Programming Languages category |
100.00% |
- |
- |
Number of daily rates quoted |
1 |
0 |
0 |
10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
25th Percentile |
£858 |
- |
- |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£865 |
- |
- |
75th Percentile |
£873 |
- |
- |
90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
Somerset median daily rate |
£865 |
£600 |
- |
% change year-on-year |
+44.17% |
- |
- |
R falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Taunton.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
1 |
2 |
18 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Taunton |
14.29% |
7.41% |
27.27% |
Number of daily rates quoted |
1 |
2 |
17 |
10th Percentile |
- |
£578 |
£574 |
25th Percentile |
£858 |
£581 |
£610 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£865 |
£600 |
£675 |
Median % change year-on-year |
+44.17% |
-11.11% |
+29.43% |
75th Percentile |
£873 |
£619 |
£741 |
90th Percentile |
- |
£623 |
£850 |
Somerset median daily rate |
£469 |
£463 |
£475 |
% change year-on-year |
+1.35% |
-2.63% |
+5.56% |